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10 How to select objects.
12 <credit type="author">
13 <name>Jim Evins</name>
14 <email>evins@snaught.com</email>
16 <credit type="author">
17 <name>Mario Blättermann</name>
18 <email>mariobl@gnome.org</email>
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25 <title>To select objects</title>
27 <p>A prerequisite for performing operations on objects is the
28 selection of individual objects or groups of objects. The
29 display area must be in the object selection mode to create new
30 selections, as indicated by an arrow cursor. The object
31 selection mode is selected by the
32 <guiseq><gui>Objects</gui>
33 <gui>Select Mode</gui></guiseq> menu item,
34 or the corresponding command on the <gui>Drawing
38 <title>Selecting a single object</title>
39 <p>A single object can be selected simply by clicking
40 on the desired object in the display area.
41 Once selected the object will be highlighted with a set of
46 <title>Aggregate object selections</title>
47 <p>Multiple objects can be selected by first selecting the first
48 object as above and then by holding the <key>Ctrl</key>
49 key while selecting additional objects.
50 Individual objects can be added to an existing selection
51 at any time by holding the <key>Ctrl</key> key while
52 selecting the desired objects. All objects can also be
53 selected by using the <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui>
54 <gui>Select All</gui></guiseq>
55 menu item. All objects in an aggregate object selection will be
60 <title>Area selections</title>
62 <p>Multiple objects can also be selected by clicking an empty
63 area and dragging to form a rectangular area. When released,
64 all objects contained in the area will form an aggregate
65 selection. An area selection can be used to add to an existing
66 selection by holding the <key>Ctrl</key> key while
67 performing the selection.</p>
72 <title>Unselecting objects</title>
74 <p>Individual objects can be removed from an existing
75 selection by holding the <key>Ctrl</key> key while
76 clicking on a previously selected object. An entire selection
77 can be dismissed by using the <guiseq>
78 <gui>Edit</gui> <gui>Un-select All</gui>
80 or by simply clicking any empty space in the display area.
81 Once an object is unselected its highlight is removed.</p>
85 <section id="clipboard">
86 <title>Clipboard Commands</title>
88 <p>Object selections can be manipulated using the standard clipboard
89 operations <gui>Cut</gui>,
90 <gui>Copy</gui>, <gui>Paste</gui>,
91 and <gui>Delete</gui>.</p>
94 <title><gui>Cut</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>X</key></keyseq>)</title>
96 <p>Moves selected objects to the clipboard. The objects are
97 then available for pasting back into the current document or
103 <title><gui>Copy</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>C</key></keyseq>)</title>
105 <p>Copies selected objects to the clipboard without deleting
106 them. The objects are then available for pasting back into
107 the current document or another document.</p>
112 <title><gui>Paste</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>V</key></keyseq>)</title>
114 <p>Pastes objects from the clipboard into the current document.
115 <app>gLabels</app> can only paste objects from
116 another <app>gLabels</app> document.</p>
121 <title><gui>Delete</gui> (<key>Del</key>)</title>
123 <p>Deletes selected objects without placing them on the